Heather Feather

Thanks, y'all. I'm calling the surgeon's off now. The congestion isn't terribly bad, but I just don't want anything to jeopardize this or make me reschedule. I know waiting a week wouldn't be bad, but I've already garnered a sub for my classes and everyone has already planned for my absence. Grrr...darn you, Texas allergies!

Nope, I'm on the 28th, but I know exactly how you feel. Tomorrow is a new beginning. I wish you the very best of luck! Keep us posted!

Mine is in 10 days. TEN DAYS! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!

While I understand that every experience is different, this does give me a bit a of hope. My lap-band recovery was awful. I'm really hoping my sleeve recovery is easier.

I feel your pain. I'm 4 days into my pre-op diet, but it's getting better. I curb the chocolate cravings by having chocolate protein shakes and sugar-free chocolate pudding. There's always a way! YOU CAN DO THIS!

Hi everyone, I teach high school English, and I am about a month out from surgery. Our next break is Thanksgiving break. I really want to go ahead with the surgery and not wait that long...but then I am concerned about recovery time. When I had my band, I had it over Spring Break and the surgeon insisted on doing it late in the week. I ended up only having about three days of recovery before going back to teaching. Anyway, I'm looking for some advice. Would I be able to take a full week and be ok to come back and teach? What if I sit down and teach? Any advice would be most appreciated. I am very excited to have the surgery, but I also want to do the right thing. Thanks, Heather

Well, life is attempting to throw a curve ball and now surgery is scheduled for October 14th. I guess one week it is!

Hi everyone! my date is (tentatively) set for 14 October. I am really excited to get this band out and get the sleeve. I lost 85 lbs on the band but regained 35 when they had to unfill it due to severe complications. This has been a two-year fight to get this revision, and I am just a nutritionist visit, sleep study, and stress test away from surgery! Of course, I had to schedule ALL of that in the same week because I am READY! Then, it's two weeks of lovely Protein shakes until I change my life forever. This journey is going to be awesome. I can't wait to get started. Heather

Hi all, thanks so much for your responses. As a teacher, taking any block of time off is especially difficult. It's even worse if you teach a tested subject like I do (freshman English). I do NOT want to short-change myself this go-round, but I'm also hampered by the time constraints. Though it will be tough to wait, I think I might set my surgery to a few days before Thanksgiving break. That way, I'm only taking 3 days and then will have the entire week plus two weekends to recover. I hope that will be enough. If not, I'll have to slog through three more weeks before Christmas break. I would do it tomorrow if I could!

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I am pre-surgery band-to-sleeve, possibly getting it done a month from now. I don't want to wait until Thanksgiving...but should I?